Flexural isostatic response of the Alps to increased Quaternary erosion recorded by foreland basin remnants, SE France

Terra Nova

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 213-220

  Champagnac, Jean Daniel ^a   Van Der Beek, Peter ^b   Diraison, Gaël ^b   Dauphin, Samuel ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC LOADING; EROSION; FORELAND BASIN; GLACIATION; ISOSTASY; MORPHOMETRY; QUATERNARY; SLOPE; UPLIFT;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 44649201221     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: 13653121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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